Petitio principii
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Revision as of 09:45, 31 July 2006
Begging the Question occures when a statement or explanation is made upon an assumption that requires another explanation.
Example
"How do you know the Bible is correct?"
"Because it was written by God."
This begs the question "How do you know that god wrote it?"
